Contractor's engine 0-4-0 Locomotives in Great_Britain


Class Details by Steve Llanso of Sweat House Media

Class unknown (Locobase 11162)

Data from "Locomotive Engines at the Paris Exhibition", The Artizan, Vol II, 4th Series, #2 (11 February 1868), p. 27.


Class unknown (Locobase 13167)

Data from W H Maw and William Dredge, "Locomotives", Reports on the Vienna Universal Exhibition, Part II (London: George Eyre and William Spottiswoode, 1874), p. 399.

Maw and Dredge describe this little saddle tank as "...requiring no special notice".

Principal Dimensions by Steve Llanso of Middle Run Media
Classunknownunknown
Locobase ID11162 13167
RailroadContractor's engineContractor's engine
CountryGreat BritainGreat Britain
Whyte0-4-0ST0-4-0ST
Number in Class11
Road Numbers
GaugeStdStd
Number Built11
BuilderHughes' Loco and TramwayHughes' Loco and Tramway
Year18671873
Valve GearStephensonStephenson
Locomotive Length and Weight
Driver Wheelbase (ft / m) 5.17 / 1.58
Engine Wheelbase (ft / m) 5.17 / 1.58
Ratio of driving wheelbase to overall engine wheelbase1
Overall Wheelbase (engine & tender) (ft / m) 5.17 / 1.58 5.17 / 1.58
Axle Loading (Maximum Weight per Axle) (lbs / kg)
Weight on Drivers (lbs / kg)22,400 / 10,160
Engine Weight (lbs / kg)22,400 / 10,160
Tender Loaded Weight (lbs / kg)
Total Engine and Tender Weight (lbs / kg)
Tender Water Capacity (gals / ML)
Tender Fuel Capacity (oil/coal) (gals/tons / Liters/MT)
Minimum weight of rail (calculated) (lb/yd / kg/m)19 / 9.50
Geometry Relating to Tractive Effort
Driver Diameter (in / mm)36 / 91430 / 762
Boiler Pressure (psi / kPa)130 / 900130 / 900
High Pressure Cylinders (dia x stroke) (in / mm)12" x 20" / 305x5088.5" x 15" / 216x381
Tractive Effort (lbs / kg)8840 / 4009.763992 / 1810.74
Factor of Adhesion (Weight on Drivers/Tractive Effort) 5.61
Heating Ability
Tubes (number - dia) (in / mm)100 - 2" / 51
Flues (number - dia) (in / mm)
Flue/Tube length (ft / m)
Firebox Area (sq ft / m2)
Grate Area (sq ft / m2) 7.50 / 0.705 / 0.46
Evaporative Heating Surface (sq ft / m2)233 / 21.65
Superheating Surface (sq ft / m2)
Combined Heating Surface (sq ft / m2)233 / 21.65
Evaporative Heating Surface/Cylinder Volume236.51
Computations Relating to Power Output (More Information)
Robert LeMassena's Power Computation975650
Same as above plus superheater percentage975650
Same as above but substitute firebox area for grate area
Power L1
Power MT

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